The Family at Tammerton Author:Margaret Erskine Murder by the sea ... In an isolated spot near the seaside town of Lockbridge stood Tammerton Hall, home for centuries to the Maule family. London nurse Louise Morton had taken an assignment there, and was surprised to receive a telegram which read "Mrs. Crane is Dead. Do not send nurse." Mrs. Crane was very much alive--someone didn... more »9;t want Louise at Tammerton. Someone desperate enough to murder. It took Inspector Septimus Finch of Scotland Yard, the specialist in case of sudden death, to unravel the mystery. Originally published in 1966.« less